BlockAmbia, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Howland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75460. The Survey maps it on the Roxton quadrangle. It stands 554 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1903 USGS Paris quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Paris quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Paris quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Roxton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
31 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Ambia between 2007 and 2018, burning about 473 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 2 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LAMAR 22:08 |
| 3 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 361 |
| 3 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE/STRUCTURE-BROOKSTON |
| 27 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 17 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6267 |
| 27 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6266 |
| 23 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID |
| 1 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 160701 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Ambia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21196321 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379339. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.